Category: Lincsquad

Final Go Ride of the Season – 6th September 2015, Glanford Park

The 6th and final Go Ride race was held as part of the Lincolnshire’s Strongest Men and Women competition at Glanford Park and again we were lucky with the weather Link to full report, times and photos in the Youth News Section

England result at Holme (Pierpoint) – Team Relays Race Report

It all started when Tony said ‘how do you fancy a weekend in Nottingham in August?’ oh yes I thought, it’s a great place for shopping ‘it’s the National Triathlon relay weekend and Ollie is organising teams from Lincsquad. We can all camp together, it’ll be a brilliant weekend’ Camping?? Triathlon?? Camping?? I don’t know …

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Anna Gibbs playing chicken with geese at Team Relays.

Standing brushing my teeth on Sunday morning I looked into the mirror to see an equally nervous and sick looking Shona behind me, half an hour later Julie wandered across with Tony towards our tent looking green. These were definitely not the same three people that the night before had been joking about carb loading …

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Keyo Brigg Bomber Team Hay Artemis Great Kindrochit Quad

Anyone who was at this years Keyo Brigg Bomber would ‘ve noticed the group of newbies who laughed and smiled their way around this years Bomber course which they were using as prep for their A race – The Artemis Great Kindrochit Quad. Here is their race report. https://fourcrying.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/the-artemis-great-kindrochit-quadrathlon-reflections-on-a-very-long-day/

Garyoke Ironman Bolton 2015

“Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you” Never a truer word said, after feeling pretty pleased with myself last year after entering Ironman UK the race came thundering like a runaway juggernaught, thoughts of what am I doing? …

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Awesome Lawsons Hilly Hathersage tri

The Hathersage Hilly Triathlon 2015 – Andrew Lawson’s Race Report   With the possible exception of Lincsquad’s own Brigg Sprint, the Hathersage Hilly is my favourite triathlon – I do like hills and as it says on the tee shirt, “It’s not flat”. The scenery is beautiful and there’s a friendly atmosphere. It’s quite a …

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Jordan Skelly Geneva European Triathlon Championships

Jordan Skelly Geneva European Triathlon Championships. The journey towards Geneva began at Dambuster Triathlon in 2014 where I qualified after a second place in the National Championships. Geneva soon became my ‘A’ race for 2015, where regardless of where I would finish I simply wanted to arrive in my best race shape.

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This Month’s Q&A with Lincsquad’s Jane Taylor.

Last weekend saw Jane Taylor lift the overall Ladies Winner trophy at the inaugral ‘Lincolnshire Edge’ Olympic Triathlon. This year has seen Jane collect age group titles aswell as qualifying for the GB team in Duathlon. Living in the same village as Jane and witnessing her running her dog at 6:00 AM it’s easy to see …

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Race Report: My First Middle Distance Triathlon – Grafman 28th June 2015 – By Rach Jackson

1.2 mile Swim 56 mile Bike 13.1 mile Run   All in 08:30:00?? ….. I hoped so. The aim enjoy enjoy enjoy #Nothingtolose. Saturday collected my race pack, T Shirt & Hooded Top, checked out the transition area and lake. The training is done, the pavements have been pounded, the roads cycled, the pools and …

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James Jackson (Age 10) – My First Triathlon

Race Report: York Junior Triathlon – Tristar 2: 200m Swim/4k Bike, 1500m Run On 31st May 2015 I did my first triathlon, we left early and I was getting excited. I also knew that some of my Lincsquad friends Freddie Gibbs and Jessica Stewart would be there. Once I got there we joined a massive …

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